Leadership Plain and Simple

Steve Radcliffe

Leadership Plain and Simple

Britain Thinks Survey 2012

Leadership Plain and Simple

DDI Global Survey 2012

Future

Leadership Plain and Simple

Engage

Deliver

• Purposeful

• Trust in their own judgement

• Adopt long-term, big picture views

• Break out of their perceived boxes

A Leader is ‘Up to Something’

• Purposeful

• Trust in their own judgement

• Adopt long-term, big picture views

• Break out of their perceived boxes

A Leader is ‘Up to Something’

• To fulfil personal goals that tally with those of the organisation as a whole

What do you care about?

“Your first and foremost job as a leader is to

manage your own energy, and

help manage the energy of those around you.”

Peter Drucker

Managing the Energies

The Four Energies

Intellectual

Logic

Rationale

Analysis Criticism

Argument

Emotional

Human connection

Relationship

Empathy

Feeling valued

Included

Underpins team

Partnership

Spirit

Inspire

Dispirited

Sense of Possibility

Vision

Purpose

Hope

Optimism

Confidence

Physical

Action

Doing

Persistence

Stamina

Focus

Vitality

Vision

Mission

Strategy

Approach

Plan

The Power of ‘Engage’

Future

Vision

Mission

Strategy

Approach

Plan

The Power of ‘Engage’

Future

Committed

Enrolled ---------------------------------

Willing Compliance

Grudging Compliance

Apathy

Resistance

Engage Level

Engage Practices -

• Engage rather than ‘Transmit/Communicate at’ • Build Big Relationships

• How well do you acknowledge progress and people’s part in it?

• How clearly do you speak your truth about poor performance?

Deliver: You need Robust Dialogue

“Why do some companies succeed while others fail? Winning companies win because they have good

leaders who nurture the development of other leaders at all levels of the organisation.”

Noel Tichy

Deliver More Later

• Be ‘Up to Something’

• With Conscious Practice

• By having a great Support Team

How do you make the Biggest Difference?

Future

Leadership Plain and Simple

Engage

Deliver